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Francisco Atud Amian, 67, of Honolulu died June 23. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Lydia; sons Carlito, Nickanor and Franklyn; daughters Carmelta Paez, Nelda Deomania and Florence and Czarina Amian; brother Romeo Amian; sisters Caridad Guentang, Cesaria Concepcion, Leonora Valero and Enriqueta Damaso; and 18 grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 6 p.m. Mass: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist Church. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial: noon at Valley of the Temples.

Raymunda Madaliday Cala, 99, of Waialua, died June 14. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by son Antonio; daughters Mamerta Rosete, Cecilia Cala and Simeona Moraleda; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Church. Call after 9:30 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.

Ernest W.H. Ching, 62, of Waipahu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard nuclear pipefitter, died Friday at home. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Kevin K.W., daughter Rachelle K.F. Chang, mother Ah M., brothers Spencer W.K. and Stanley W.G., sisters Lucille M.N. Kuwaye and Gloria M.L. Sakai, and three grandchildren. Taoist services: 10 a.m. to noon Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 10 a.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe.

Gertrude Shizuko Inouye, 71, of Skokie, Ill., died Thursday. She was born in Wahiawa. She is survived by husband Morris Hiroshi, sons Glenn and Dean, daughters Christine Turley and Marcella Inouye, and seven grandchildren. Private services.

Caroline "Carrie" Pauole Kaaiai, 78, of Honolulu, retired from Dole Pineapple Cannery, died Feb. 2 in Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by sons Robert, Louis and Rinehart Naehu; sisters Catherine Mailo and Doris Aflleje; 11 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: 1 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Aloha attire. No flowers.

Martha Maleka Kane, 90, of Lahaina died June 28 at home. She was born in Keeaumoku, Lanai. She is survived by sons Kenneth and Andrew Keaunui and Earnest Nahooikaika, daughters Merle W. Keahi and Rose Ann Swezey, 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Waiola Church in Lahaina. Call after 6 p.m. Cremation to follow. Graveside services: 9 a.m. Saturday at the church cemetery.

Dorothea Kaua, 63, of Colorado Springs, Colo., a homemaker, died Friday at Colorado Springs. She was born in Germany. She is survived by sons George A. and Alfred H., daughters Patricia E. and Moana M., sister Erna Zollner, brother Ludwig Inhofer and five grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Dodo Mortuary. Call after 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire.

Irene "Aunty Irene" Aurea Keohokapu, 73, of Waimanalo died Thursday in Kailua. The mortuary provided incorrect information for an obituary published yesterday.

Takaichi Kobayakawa, 87, of Kailua-Kona, a retired mason for Hawaii Masons Union Local No. 1 and a coffee farmer, died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. He was born in Holualoa, Kona, Hawaii. He is survived by son Jason E.; daughters Iris Chow, Jamie Y. Corell and Ivy T. and Laura M. Kobayakawa; four grandchildren; and two hanai grandchildren. Services: 4 p.m. Friday at Kona Hongwanji Mission in Kealakekua, Kona. Call after 3 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.

Lois Janette Laho, 86, of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, a retired physical education teacher for Victorville Valley High School in California, died Sunday at home. She was born in Los Angeles. She is survived by sisters Dorothy Bastian and Louise Laho and brother Bob. Services: 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Papaaloa. Call after 6 p.m. Casual attire.

Milton Voon Kee "Slim" Ling, 61, of Kailua, a postal worker, died June 28. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Barry F., Mark "Beau," and Chad S.; daughter Holly K.; brother Calvin; sisters Sharon Takahashi and Charlotte Ling; and one grandchild. Services: 12:30 p.m. Friday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Burial: 2 p.m. at Greenhaven Cemetery. Casual attire.

Herman Joseph Marciel Sr., 88, of Kailua, a retired Kailua Post Office assistant postmaster, died Saturday. He was born in Makawao, Maui. He is survived by sons Herman Joseph Jr. and Richard G. Marciel, sister Marie Cabrinha, brothers James Sr., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mass: noon tomorrow at St. Anthony's Church in Kailua. Call after 11 a.m. Casual attire.

Florence May Meyer, 70, of Kapulena, Hawaii, an employee of the former Paauhau Federal Credit Union, died Saturday in Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. She was born in Paauhau, Hawaii. She is survived by husband Henry Jr.; son Gordon; daughters Janice Tolentino, Kathy Stone and Serena Meyer; brother Edwin Reucia; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Call after 8 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.

Paul Ah Cheu Mokiao, 55, of Nanakuli, died June 25 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Frances "Fran"; daughters Summer Mokiao, Tammie Mokiao-Atimalala, Gina Sanico and Deidre Seldon; sons Travis Mokiao and Gregory Alvaro; brothers Eddie Keaunui and Clarence, Robert and Zachary Mokiao; sisters Yvonne Cook, Naomi Ramos, Ruth Hinol and Myrtle Mokiao; and 10 grandchildren. Services: noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.

Louise C. Nagle, 82, of Honolulu, a retired Hickam Air Force Base clerk, died Saturday in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Augusta, Ga. He is survived by son Michael, daughter Patricia, brother William Clark Jr., seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. tomorrow at Borthwick Mortuary. Burial: 1 p.m. at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.

Joseph "Cowboy Joe" Kaulukou Pahio Jr., 70, of Honolulu, a Hawaiian Dredging Construction heavy equipment operator, died June 24 in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Hoolehua, Molokai. He is survived by wife Lorraine "Laniwai"; son Rhinehardt; daughters Jewelynn Nakanishi, Waialoha Pahio and Laniwai Yatsushiro; sisters Kahikina Lidstone, Kaui Kahiamoe, Emma Johnasen, Loretta Chin, Piilani Coen, Nani Cho, Stella Kahele, Eva Decoito, Anna Kahele, Winifred Batalona and Momi Breithaupt; brother Clarence Kahele; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at Borthwick Mortuary. Call after 5 p.m. Additional services: 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Call after 8 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial Park.

Conrado Lapitan Paulo, 79, of Waipahu, a farmer, died Saturday in St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Emilia M.; sons Alfredo Macadangdang, Justo Sayan and Bonging and Fernandito Paulo; daughters Flordelisa Geronimo, Calixta Barlam, Sammy Balisacan, Leonila Ag-ngarayngay, Menchita Stewart, Lydia Salting, Norma Galapon and Eliza Lucas; a brother; three sisters; 38 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. Mass: 7 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church, 94-675 Farrington Hwy., Waipahu. Call after 6 p.m. Burial: 2 p.m. Monday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Casual attire.

Dr. Louis Julian Polskin, 87, of Honolulu, a physician at Tripler Army Medical Center, died July 1 at home. He was born in New York. He is survived by brothers Barney A. and Harold J. Committal service: 1 p.m. Friday at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. No flowers.

Librada Badua Quiray, 97, of Honolulu died June 30. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by daughters Gloria Javellana, Zenaida Nieva and Carmelita Jataas; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services: 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Mortuary. Call after 10:15 a.m. Burial: 2 p.m. at Valley of the Temples.

Alfred "Freddy" Roland Rieta Sr., 74, of Kahului, a retired Maui Pineapple Co. forklift operator, died July 1 in Hale Makua, Kahului. He was born in Puunene, Maui. He is survived by wife Juanita; sons Alfred, Dennis and Jeffrey; brothers Numeriano and Frederico Llusala; sister Minnie Sumabat; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Ballard Family Mortuary. Call after 9 a.m. Burial: noon at Maui Veterans Cemetery. Casual attire.

Charles Lumbang Shadd, 78, of Kaneohe, a retired United Airlines aircraft mechanic, died Saturday in Kaiser Medical Center. He was born in the Philippines. He is survived by wife Diana; sons Reynald, Richard, Edward and David; daughters Cynthia Mackey, Johanna Krakenberg and Peggy Rieger; brother Clifford Alfred Shadd; sister Helen Custer; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday at Koolau Baptist Church, 45-633 Keneke St., Kaneohe. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Valley of the Temples.

Felicidad Valdez Villena, 69, of Kohala, Hawaii, a retired Mauna Kea Beach Hotel seamstress, died Friday in Kona Community Hospital. She was born in the Philippines. She is survived by husband Domiciano "Domy" S.; sons Aquino "Joe" and Danie; daughters Anafe Bernisto, Vicky Valiente, Nellie Villena, Elma Bruno and Ester Acorda; sisters Marcelina, Juanita, Miguela and Dolores Valdez; brothers Ernesto and Virgilia Valdez; 20 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: 7 p.m. Friday at James Walker Episcopal Hall in Kapaau. Call after 5 p.m. Additional visitation: all night Friday at 55-2208 Akoni Pule Hwy. in Hawi, Kohala, Hawaii. Call after 9:30 p.m. Additional services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Kapaau, Hawaii. Call after 9 a.m. Burial to follow at the church cemetery. Casual attire.

Lin Kwai Wong, 105, of Kahului died Thursday in Hale Makua Kahului. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Aloysius Wong, daughter Rose Marie Miyashiro, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Norman's Chapel. Call after 8:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Maui Memorial Park. Aloha attire.



You can also search the Hawaii State Library System's
Hawaii Newspaper Index online for older obituaries at:
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/hiindex.html
The index, which goes back several decades,
is available via Telnet software.



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